EP0657839A3 - Appareil et méthode pour extraire/reconnaitre une image specifique lors d'un signal d'image d'entrée. - Google Patents

Appareil et méthode pour extraire/reconnaitre une image specifique lors d'un signal d'image d'entrée. Download PDF

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EP0657839A3
EP0657839A3 EP94119409A EP94119409A EP0657839A3 EP 0657839 A3 EP0657839 A3 EP 0657839A3 EP 94119409 A EP94119409 A EP 94119409A EP 94119409 A EP94119409 A EP 94119409A EP 0657839 A3 EP0657839 A3 EP 0657839A3
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Michiyoshi Tachikawa
Toshio Miyazawa
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V30/00—Character recognition; Recognising digital ink; Document-oriented image-based pattern recognition
    • G06V30/40—Document-oriented image-based pattern recognition
    • G06V30/41—Analysis of document content
    • G06V30/414—Extracting the geometrical structure, e.g. layout tree; Block segmentation, e.g. bounding boxes for graphics or text
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V10/00—Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding
    • G06V10/40—Extraction of image or video features
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V10/00—Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding
    • G06V10/40—Extraction of image or video features
    • G06V10/50—Extraction of image or video features by performing operations within image blocks; by using histograms, e.g. histogram of oriented gradients [HoG]; by summing image-intensity values; Projection analysis
    • G06V10/507—Summing image-intensity values; Histogram projection analysis
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    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
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    • G06V10/56—Extraction of image or video features relating to colour

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EP94119409A 1993-12-10 1994-12-08 Appareil et méthodespour reconnaitre une image specifique lors d'un signal d'image d'entrée Expired - Lifetime EP0657839B1 (fr)

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EP01111123A EP1158453B1 (fr) 1993-12-10 1994-12-08 Méthode et appareil d'extraction d'image, et méthode et appareil pour extraire/reconnaître une image spécifique d'un signal d'image d'entrée
EP02016909A EP1265190B1 (fr) 1993-12-10 1994-12-08 Méthode pour la reconnaissance d'images et pour extraire/reconnaître une image spécifique à partir d'un signal d'image d'entrée

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EP01111123A Division EP1158453B1 (fr) 1993-12-10 1994-12-08 Méthode et appareil d'extraction d'image, et méthode et appareil pour extraire/reconnaître une image spécifique d'un signal d'image d'entrée

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EP02016909A Expired - Lifetime EP1265190B1 (fr) 1993-12-10 1994-12-08 Méthode pour la reconnaissance d'images et pour extraire/reconnaître une image spécifique à partir d'un signal d'image d'entrée
EP94119409A Expired - Lifetime EP0657839B1 (fr) 1993-12-10 1994-12-08 Appareil et méthodespour reconnaitre une image specifique lors d'un signal d'image d'entrée

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EP02016909A Expired - Lifetime EP1265190B1 (fr) 1993-12-10 1994-12-08 Méthode pour la reconnaissance d'images et pour extraire/reconnaître une image spécifique à partir d'un signal d'image d'entrée

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EP1158453A1 (fr) 2001-11-28
US6115495A (en) 2000-09-05
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